Rubbing-post.



mains w. COFFMAN, or SPRINGFIEIJ), ILLINOIS.

RUBBING-PO ST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 19 8.

Application filed February 19, 1908'. Serial No. 416,764.

ing live stock infested with vermin or 'havin skin diseases which may be treated by 0i 5 or medicated compounds applied on the body of the animal.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a ruhhingpost of absorbent material adapted to contain oil or other medicinal compounds and having a porous structure such that the oil or other compounds'will seep through the material of the post.

\V th this end in view my invention consists in the novel features of construction shown in the drawing, to which reference is hereby made, and hereinafter particularly described and finally recited in the claim.

Referring to the drawing in which similar reference numerals designate like parts in the several views; Figure 1 is a side elevation of: the post; Fig. 2 is a top plan of the post; If 1g. 8 IS a vertical longitudinal section a through the post and Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a plug adapted to fit in the upper end of the bore of the post.

The post l is made of porous wood or other porous and absorbent. nuiterial suitable. for the pur one, such for example as the orous clay use for flower pots, or the like. be post is preferably cylindrical in its upper part and polygonal in its lower part,

l the contour of the post however is not an essential feature. and ma be varied according to circuinstanrt-s. The post has a central longitudinal bore 2 adapted-to contain a supply of coal oil, orrwalvr treated with carbolic acid, or other suitable. na-dicinal compound which will seepthrough the pores of the post. A plug 3 tits in the upper end of the post and excludes dirt therefrom.

In pra tice the post will be planted in the ground to a suitable depth, the oil or other medical compound will he placed in the bore of the post aml the bore closed by means of the plug 3. The post will la so located that the infested or diseased animals will have free access thereto, and the animals by rubhing against the post will apply the oil or other compound upon their own bodies. The post being porous allows the medicating material to seep gradually through the post. and keep the surface of the post covered with the medicated material so that by rubbing against the post the animal will apply the material on its body.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let tors Patent is:

A rubbing post. consisting of an integral structure of porous material comprising a solid basal part adapted to be planted in the ground, and a. tubular upper part i'or containing a medicinal agent adapted to seep In Witness whereof I ha ve hereunto signed my name at Springfield, lllinois, this 1 1 day of l eby. 1909-.

JAMES W. COFFMAN.

\Vitnesses JANE DouAN, DEWEY '1. QUEEN.

through the pores of the material of the post. 

